Mitoyo District, Kagawa

Mitoyo (三豊郡, Mitoyo-gun) was a district located in Kagawa, Japan. On January 1, 2006 all seven towns in the district merged forming the city of Mitoyo at which point the district was dissolved.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 93,984 and a density of 322.96 persons per km². The total area was 291.01 km².

Mergers

• Mitoyo-gun was formed by the merger of two separate districts, (三野郡)Mino-gun and (豊田郡)Toyota-gun in 1899.
• On October 11, 2005 the towns of Ōnohara and Toyohama merged to form the city of Kan'onji.
• On January 1, 2006 all seven remaining towns from the district (Mino, Nio, Saita, Takase, Takuma, Toyonaka and Yamamoto) merged to form the city of Mitoyo, dissolving the district. (Merger Information Page in Japanese)